Orland Park woman shot at while driving on Interstate 80

A 22-year-old Orland Park woman was driving this car when someone pulled along side and fired a small silver handgun at her on Aug. 23, police said.

A 22-year-old Orland Park woman was driving this car when someone pulled along side and fired a small silver handgun at her on Aug. 23, police said. (Indiana State Police)

By Staff report

An Orland Park woman was cut by shattered plastic after someone shot at her car on Interstate 80 in northwest Indiana, authorities say.

The 22-year-old woman was headed west, and had just passed Grant Street in Gary, when a dark truck pulled up behind her Thursday night, Indiana State Police said. He followed her for a mile, then pulled up on the right and tried to force her off the road, police said.

The truck then got on the other side, driving on the shoulder, and the Orland Park woman moved into the center lane, police said. The truck drove around to the right side again and the driver fired a small-caliber handgun at the car.

The bullet didn’t hit the woman but a piece of plastic flew from the door and cut her hand, police said.

The driver of the truck exited at Cline Avenue and is still at-large. He was described only as an older man with white hair.